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Old May 22, 2014 | 06:55 PM
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firing order

hey guys i have a 94 f250 with a 460 in it. it is not the original motor. previous owner said it had 20k on it. my problem is i pulled the wires to replace the exhaust manifold gaskets and got the plug wires mixed up and couldnt remember how they were so i called my local auto zone and they sent me the firing order 1,5,4,2,6,3,7,8 so i put the plug wires in there proper place go to crank the truck and nothing. it just turns over and never fires. i did confirm its getting fuel also the truck has a new coil, rotor button, cap, wires, plugs. the truck was running like a top an hour before and now it wont start. any help would be greatly appreciated.
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That firing order is right.
Did you go around the cap CCW?



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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by subford
That firing order is right.
Did you go around the cap CCW?
yes i did. i can tell you this much i do not think that it was in that firing order before
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:19 PM
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I posted a photo in the above reply, does that look like what you have?
Did you put the rotor back in?
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by subford
I posted a photo in the above reply, does that look like what you have?
Did you put the rotor back in?
i will go check to be sure and yes
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:30 PM
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By the way the front plug on the passenger side is #1 plug and from there it goes 1,2,3,4 on the passenger side.
The front plug on the drivers side in #5 and it numbers to the rear, 5, 6, 7 & 8.
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:38 PM
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I just confirmed that my plug wires are indeed in that order
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 07:49 PM
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Anything else that could be causing this problem?
 
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Are you getting spark?
 
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Originally Posted by subford
Are you getting spark?
I believe so is there anyway this truck could have a different firing order?
 
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Not if it is a 460.
 
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Originally Posted by subford
Not if it is a 460.
any ideas as to what i should try now ?
 
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I would find out if you do have spark from the coil.
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 09:26 PM
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Back up a sec.

The previous owner could have dropped the distributor anywhere and lined up the plug wires that way. Not saying for sure that's what's going on here, but it's interesting you'd say "don't think it was that way before." That is possible, and you'd know better than anyone.

Find TDC on the #1 cylinder and see where the rotor points relative to #1 on the distributor cap. Then you'll know for certain, and can eliminate this as a source of the trouble.
 
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Old May 22, 2014 | 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Tedster9
Back up a sec.

The previous owner could have dropped the distributor anywhere and lined up the plug wires that way. Not saying for sure that's what's going on here, but it's interesting you'd say "don't think it was that way before." That is possible, and you'd know better than anyone.

Find TDC on the #1 cylinder and see where the rotor points relative to #1 on the distributor cap. Then you'll know for certain, and can eliminate this as a source of the trouble.
oh i will do that thanks and i know for a fact it wasnt
 
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